Funny Riddles and Jokes for Kids

It was not peeling well.

"Peeling" swaps for "feeling", and bananas literally get peeled, so the pun doubles up.

Because it is always spotted.

"Spotted" means both covered in spots and caught, so a leopard is always found.

Nacho cheese.

"Nacho" said fast sounds like "not your", so nacho cheese means not yours.

Because it felt crummy.

"Crummy" means feeling ill and also full of crumbs, which cookies naturally have.

It wanted to be a watermelon.

A melon plus water makes "watermelon", so jumping in the lake completes the word.

A maybe.

"May-be" sounds like bee and also means undecided, matching a bee that cannot choose.

Open-toad shoes.

"Open-toad" swaps toad for toe in "open-toed", fitting a frog perfectly.

It tocked too much.

A clock says "tick tock", and "tocked" sounds like "talked" too much in class.

A little hoarse.

"A little hoarse" sounds like "a little horse", matching a sore-throated pony.

Under their covers.

Book covers are also blankets you hide under, so scared books duck under their covers.

A pork chop.

A karate chop plus pork makes "pork chop", also a real cut of meat.

It ran out of juice.

Grapes become juice, and "out of juice" also means out of energy to move.

A shampoo-dle.

"Shampoo-dle" blends shampoo with poodle, so the bath-loving dog is a poodle.

It caught a virus.

Computers catch viruses like people do, so a sick one visits the doctor.

A thesaurus.

"Thesaurus" ends like a dinosaur name and is also a book packed with words.

Tyrannosaurus wrecks.

"Wrecks" sounds like the "rex" in Tyrannosaurus, matching a car crash.

Because you can see right through them.

Ghosts are see-through, and seeing right through someone means spotting a lie.

Between us, something smells.

The nose sits between the two eyes, so "between us" is where the smell comes from.

A boa constructor.

"Boa constructor" swaps builder for the boa constrictor snake that squeezes.

He wanted to see a butterfly.

Butter plus fly makes "butterfly", so tossing butter out should reveal one.

A stick.

A boomerang that never returns is just a plain stick you threw away.

A mushroom.

"Mushroom" hides the word room but is a fungus nobody can walk into.

Hiss-tory.

"Hiss-tory" swaps in the snake's hiss for the start of history.

It lost all its contacts.

Contacts are eye lenses and saved phone numbers, so a phone losing them needs glasses.

It over-swept.

"Over-swept" plays on oversleeping, and brooms sweep, so it woke up late.

A tuba toothpaste.

"Tuba toothpaste" sounds like "tube of toothpaste", a bathroom item.

Time to go to sweep.

"Go to sweep" swaps sweep for sleep, fitting a broom that also sweeps.

A chili dog.

"Chili" sounds like "chilly", so a freezing dog becomes a chili dog.

Nobody nose.

"Nobody nose" sounds like "nobody knows", and a lone nose has no body.

Because it is too far to walk.

Walking that far would take forever, so birds fly instead of walking south.

Frostbite.

Frost from the snowman plus a dog's bite makes "frostbite", a cold-weather word.

A carrot

"Carrot" rhymes with "parrot" and is an orange vegetable, matching both clues.

Stairs

You walk up and down stairs all day, but the stairs themselves stay put.

A friendship

A "friendship" is the only ship that cannot sink, hiding ship in the word.

A breadbasket (bread + basket).

Bread plus a basket combines into "breadbasket", the roll basket at a table.

A couch potato (potato + couch).

Potato plus couch makes "couch potato", a name for a lazy TV watcher.

So-fish-ticated.

"So-fish-ticated" hides fish inside sophisticated, matching a fancy bowtie fish.

It was stuffed.

"Stuffed" means both full from eating and filled with fluff like a teddy.

A dino-snore.

"Dino-snore" sounds like dinosaur but adds the snore of a sleeping one.

A wise quacker.

"Wise quacker" sounds like wisecracker, and ducks quack, matching a smart duck.

It saw the salad dressing.

Blushing red means embarrassed, so the tomato reddens seeing the dressing.

The elf-abet.

"Elf-abet" swaps elf into alphabet, the first thing elves would learn.

A palm tree.

A palm tree shares its name with the palm of your hand, so it fits there.

A gummy bear.

A toothless bear is a "gummy bear", also the soft chewy candy.

Meet you at the corner.

Two walls meet at a corner, so that is where they plan to gather.

To check its web site.

Spiders spin webs, and a website is checked online, so the pun overlaps.

Ground beef.

A legless cow rests on the ground, and "ground beef" is the meaty pun.

Straw-berries.

"Straw-berries" starts with straw, which is what a scarecrow is stuffed with.

A labracadabrador.

"Labracadabrador" blends abracadabra into labrador, a magic-word puppy mashup.

He wanted his quarter back.

A quarterback is a football position, and he also wants his coin returned.

It was two-tired.

Two-tired sounds like too tired, and a bike really does have two tires.

An impasta.

Impasta sounds like impostor and hides the word pasta, so a fake noodle fits.

Nothing, it just waved.

Waves roll onto a beach, and to wave is also a friendly way to say hello.

Don't look, I'm changing.

A traffic light changes colors, and changing also means putting on new clothes.

Dinner is on me.

Food sits on a plate, and dinner is on me also means my treat.

An investigator.

The word investigator hides both vest and gator, so a gator in a vest becomes one.

In case he got a hole in one.

A hole in one is a golf move, and an extra pair covers a real hole in his pants.

A waist of time.

Waist of time sounds like waste of time, and a belt goes around your waist.

Because then they would be bagels.

Birds over the bay would be bay-gulls, which sounds just like bagels.

An irrelephant.

Irrelephant sounds like irrelevant and hides elephant, so it truly does not matter.

A can't opener.

A broken opener cannot open cans, so a can opener turns into a can't opener.

Broommates.

Broommates sounds like roommates, and witches ride brooms, so it fits perfectly.

Spoiled milk.

Spoiled means both pampered and gone bad, so a pampered cow gives spoiled milk.

He was outstanding in his field.

Outstanding means excellent and also standing out in a field, where scarecrows stand.

Because then it would be a foot.

Twelve inches equals one foot, so a nose that long would be a foot instead.

A pouch potato.

Pouch potato sounds like couch potato, and a kangaroo carries its babies in a pouch.

A blueberry.

Feeling blue means feeling sad, and a blue berry is simply a blueberry.

A watchdog.

A watchdog guards the house, and a watch also tells time, so the pun overlaps.

A bulldozer.

Bulldozer hides the word doze, which means to sleep, so a napping bull fits.

Bugs Bunny.

Fleas are bugs, so a buggy bunny becomes Bugs Bunny, the famous cartoon rabbit.

Where is pop corn?

Pop corn plays on popcorn and on pop meaning dad, so the baby wants its father.

A milkshake.

A bouncing cow gets shaken up, and shaken milk makes a milkshake.

A drizzly bear.

Drizzly bear sounds like grizzly bear, and drizzle is soft rain.

No eye deer.

No eye deer sounds just like no idea, and a deer with no eyes fits the joke.

He wanted to go to high school.

A ladder takes you up high, and high school is a real school, so the joke climbs.

An eskimeow.

Eskimeow blends Eskimo with a cat's meow, fitting a cat living in the cold.

An a-choo-choo train.

A choo-choo is a train sound, and a-choo is a sneeze, so a sick train fits both.

A cloud.

A legless sheep looks like a fluffy white cloud floating up in the sky.

An orca-stra.

Orca-stra sounds like orchestra, and an orca is a type of whale.

For holding up a pair of pants.

Holding up means both keeping pants up and robbing, so the belt gets arrested.